Live Auction 21954British and European Art
JOSEPH EDWARD SOUTHALL, R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1861-1944)
Lot 21 PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF JOSEPH SOUTHALL

JOSEPH EDWARD SOUTHALL, R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1861-1944)

A clothbound sketchbook of 34 pages, with 23 drawings, including: one street scene; seventeen studies of coastal scenes and figures, several of which relate to Up from the Sea; three female figure studies; one study of legs; one classical composition study; and one loose female head study

Closed13 July 2023

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JOSEPH EDWARD SOUTHALL, R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1861-1944)
A clothbound sketchbook of 34 pages, with 23 drawings, including: one street scene; seventeen studies of coastal scenes and figures, several of which relate to Up from the Sea; three female figure studies; one study of legs; one classical composition study; and one loose female head study
nineteen sheets initialed and variously dated '30 December 1916' - '7 May 1941', some with inscriptions
seven pencil, two coloured chalks, fourteen pencil and coloured chalks, all on buff paper; the loose drawing pencil and coloured chalks on paper
the album: 14 1/8 x 10 in. (36 x 25.5 cm.) the sheets: 14 x 9 ½ (35.5 x 24 cm.)

Specialist note

Several of the drawings in this sketchbook relate to figures seen in Up from the Sea, painted in 1920 and now in Nottingham Art Gallery. Southall was fascinated by the sea and coastal life, and much of his work takes these themes as its subject.